pit

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɪt/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [phɪʔt]
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Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puti Old English pytt Middle English pit English pit From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.

From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith.

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From PIT maneuver.

252 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gropë — hole in the ground
• Albanian: pus (gheg) — hole in the ground
• Arabic: حُفْرَة (ḥufra) — hole in the ground
• Armenian: հոր (hor) — hole in the ground
• Armenian: փոս (pʻos) — hole in the ground
• Aromanian: groapã — hole in the ground
• Azerbaijani: çuxur — hole in the ground
• Bashkir: соҡор (soqor) — hole in the ground
• Belarusian: я́ма (jáma) — hole in the ground
• Eastern Bontoc: lokkong — hole in the ground
• Bulgarian: я́ма (jáma) — hole in the ground
• Catalan: sot — hole in the ground
• Catalan: fossa — hole in the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 坑 (kēng) — hole in the ground
• Chinese Mandarin: 穴 (xué) — hole in the ground
• Choctaw: chiluk — hole in the ground
• Czech: jáma — hole in the ground
• Danish: kule — hole in the ground
• Dutch: kuil — hole in the ground
• Dutch: put — hole in the ground
• Esperanto: kavo — hole in the ground
• Faroese: hola — hole in the ground
• Finnish: kuoppa — hole in the ground
• Finnish: monttu — hole in the ground
• French: fosse — hole in the ground
• Galician: foxo — hole in the ground
• Georgian: ორმო (ormo) — hole in the ground
• German: Grube — hole in the ground
• German: Loch — hole in the ground
• German: Vertiefung — hole in the ground
• Greek: λάκκος (lákkos) — hole in the ground
• Ancient Greek: βόθρος (bóthros) — hole in the ground
• Ancient Greek: βάραθρον (bárathron) — hole in the ground
• Hawaiian: lua — hole in the ground
• Hebrew: בור (bor) — hole in the ground
• Hindi: गडडा (gaḍḍā) — hole in the ground
• Hungarian: gödör — hole in the ground
• Hungarian: verem — hole in the ground
• Icelandic: hola — hole in the ground
• Icelandic: gryfja — hole in the ground
• Ilocano: abut — hole in the ground
• Indonesian: lubang — hole in the ground
• Ingrian: kulppa — hole in the ground
• Irish: poll — hole in the ground
• Italian: fossa — hole in the ground
• Italian: buca — hole in the ground
• Italian: buco — hole in the ground
• Japanese: 落とし穴 (otoshiana) — hole in the ground
• Japanese: 穴 (ana) — hole in the ground
• Khakas: ора (ora) — hole in the ground
• Lubuagan Kalinga: abut — hole in the ground
• Lubuagan Kalinga: mamboka — hole in the ground
• Southern Kalinga: lungug — hole in the ground
• Karachay-Balkar: уру (uru) — hole in the ground
• Kazakh: шұңқыр (şūñqyr) — hole in the ground
• Kazakh: ура (ura) — hole in the ground
• Khmer: ក្រហូង (krɑhoong) — hole in the ground
• Kikuyu: irima — hole in the ground
• Korean: 구멍 (gumeong) — hole in the ground
• Korean: 구덩이 (gudeong'i) — hole in the ground
• Northern Kurdish: çal — hole in the ground
• Kyrgyz: ороо (oroo) — hole in the ground
• Latin: fovea — hole in the ground
• Latin: puteus — hole in the ground
• Macedonian: јама (jama) — hole in the ground
• Malayalam: കുഴി (kuḻi) — hole in the ground
• Māori: rua — hole in the ground
• Marathi: खड्डा (khaḍḍā) — hole in the ground
• Navajo: łeʼoogeed — hole in the ground
• Navajo: nooʼ — hole in the ground
• Occitan: fòssa — hole in the ground
• Occitan: trauc — hole in the ground
• Occitan: clot — hole in the ground
• Odia: ଗାଡ (gāḍa) — hole in the ground
• Ojibwe: waanikaan — hole in the ground
• Ossetian: уӕрм (wærm) — hole in the ground
• Persian: گودال (gowdâl) — hole in the ground
• Persian: چاله (čâle) — hole in the ground
• Persian: چال (čâl) — hole in the ground
• Polish: dół — hole in the ground
• Polish: jama — hole in the ground
• Portuguese: buraco — hole in the ground
• Portuguese: poço — hole in the ground
• Portuguese: cavouco — hole in the ground
• Portuguese: vala — hole in the ground
• Portuguese: fosso — hole in the ground
• Romanian: groapă — hole in the ground
• Russian: я́ма (jáma) — hole in the ground
• Scottish Gaelic: sloc — hole in the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: јама — hole in the ground
• Serbo-Croatian: jama — hole in the ground
• Slovak: jama — hole in the ground
• Slovene: jama — hole in the ground
• Slovene: brezno — hole in the ground
• Southern Altai: оро (oro) — hole in the ground
• Spanish: fosa — hole in the ground
• Spanish: agujero — hole in the ground
• Spanish: hoya — hole in the ground
• Spanish: foya — hole in the ground
• Swedish: grop — hole in the ground
• Tagalog: hukay — hole in the ground
• Tagalog: lubak — hole in the ground
• Tarifit: anu — hole in the ground
• Tày: bó — hole in the ground
• Telugu: గొయ్యి (goyyi) — hole in the ground
• Thai: หลุม (lǔm) — hole in the ground
• Thai: บ่อ (bɔ̀ɔ) — hole in the ground
• Tibetan: ས་དོང (sa dong) — hole in the ground
• Tocharian B: kāre — hole in the ground
• Turkish: çukur — hole in the ground
• Ottoman Turkish: چوقور (çukur) — hole in the ground
• Ukrainian: я́ма (jáma) — hole in the ground
• Uyghur: ора (ora) — hole in the ground
• Vietnamese: hố — hole in the ground
• Welsh: pant — hole in the ground
• Zazaki: çal — hole in the ground
• Czech: box — service area at a motor racetrack
• Czech: depo — service area at a motor racetrack
• Dutch: pit — service area at a motor racetrack
• Finnish: varikko — service area at a motor racetrack
• French: stand — service area at a motor racetrack
• French: puits — service area at a motor racetrack
• German: Box — service area at a motor racetrack
• Greek: πιτ (pit) — service area at a motor racetrack
• Italian: box — service area at a motor racetrack
• Portuguese: pitstop — service area at a motor racetrack
• Russian: бо́ксы (bóksy) — service area at a motor racetrack
• Slovene: boks — service area at a motor racetrack
• Spanish: pit — service area at a motor racetrack
• Spanish: box — service area at a motor racetrack
• Swedish: depå — service area at a motor racetrack
• Turkish: pit — service area at a motor racetrack
• Finnish: rumpusektio — music: section of a marching band
• French: fosse — music: section of a marching band
• Finnish: kaivanto — archaeology: excavation hole
• Finnish: kuoppa — archaeology: excavation hole
• German: Ausgrabung — archaeology: excavation hole
• German: Grabestelle — archaeology: excavation hole
• German: Grabung — archaeology: excavation hole
• German: Grabungsloch — archaeology: excavation hole
• Spanish: foso — archaeology: excavation hole
• Spanish: excavación — archaeology: excavation hole
• Finnish: syvältä — something particularly unpleasant
• Finnish: kolo — small surface hole or depression
• German: Vertiefung — small surface hole or depression
• German: Loch — small surface hole or depression
• German: Grube — small surface hole or depression
• German: Kuhle — small surface hole or depression
• German: Erdgrube — small surface hole or depression
• Slovak: jamka — small surface hole or depression
• Finnish: rokonarpi — indented mark left by a pustule
• German: Narbe — indented mark left by a pustule
• Esperanto: tombofoso — grave or underworld
• Finnish: hauta — grave or underworld
• German: Hölle — grave or underworld
• German: Grab — grave or underworld
• German: Kampfplatz — enclosed area into which animals are brought to fight
• Bulgarian: партер (parter) — part of a theatre
• Finnish: permanto — part of a theatre
• Finnish: pelisali — part of a casino
• Ancient Greek: πυρήν (purḗn) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Ancient Greek: γίγαρτον (gígarton) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Arabic: عضم (ʕaḍm) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Aromanian: sãmburi — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Aromanian: sãmbure — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Bulgarian: костилка (kostilka) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Catalan: pinyol — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 核 (hé) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Chinese Mandarin: 果核 (guǒhé) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Czech: pecka — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Dutch: pit — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Esperanto: kerno — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Finnish: siemen — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Finnish: kivi — seed or stone inside a fruit
• French: noyau — seed or stone inside a fruit
• French: pépin — seed or stone inside a fruit
• German: Same — seed or stone inside a fruit
• German: Kern — seed or stone inside a fruit
• German: Stein — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Greek: κουκούτσι (koukoútsi) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Hebrew: חַרְצָן (ẖartzán) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Hungarian: mag — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Icelandic: steinn — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Ingrian: toomi — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Italian: osso — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Italian: nocciolo — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Macedonian: семка (semka) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Macedonian: јатка (jatka) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Ojibwe: okandaamin — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Polish: pestka — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Portuguese: caroço — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Portuguese: graínha — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Romanian: sâmbure — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Russian: ко́сточка (kóstočka) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Slovene: koščica — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Spanish: hueso — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Spanish: pepita — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Spanish: pepa — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Spanish: güito — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Spanish: carozo — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Swedish: kärna — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Tarifit: aɣyay — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Telugu: గొయ్యి (goyyi) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Turkish: çekirdek — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Turkish: nüve — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Walloon: nawea — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Walloon: pirete — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Yiddish: קערל (kerl) — seed or stone inside a fruit
• Bulgarian: копая яма (kopaja jama) — to make pits in
• Finnish: tehdä koloja — to make pits in
• German: zernarben — to make pits in
• German: zerfurchen — to make pits in
• German: anfressen — to make pits in
• German: angreifen — to make pits in
• Hungarian: bepettyez — to make pits in
• Hungarian: bepöttyöz — to make pits in
• Spanish: agujerear — to make pits in
• Finnish: panna taistelemaan — to put a dog into dog fight
• German: gegeneinander antreten lassen — to put a dog into dog fight
• German: miteinander kämpfen lassen — to put a dog into dog fight
• German: gegeneinander kämpfen lassen — to put a dog into dog fight
• Hungarian: küzdőtérre visz — to put a dog into dog fight
• Finnish: haastaa — to bring into opposition
• French: opposer — to bring into opposition
• German: aneinander messen — to bring into opposition
• German: entgegen setzen — to bring into opposition
• German: gegenüber treten — to bring into opposition
• Greek: αντιτάσσω (antitásso) — to bring into opposition
• Hungarian: szembefordít — to bring into opposition
• Hungarian: szembeállít — to bring into opposition
• Spanish: oponer — to bring into opposition
• Dutch: pitten — motor racing: to return to the pits
• Finnish: mennä varikolle — motor racing: to return to the pits
• German: an die Box fahren — motor racing: to return to the pits
• German: Boxenstopp machen — motor racing: to return to the pits
• German: Boxenstopp einlegen — motor racing: to return to the pits
• Hungarian: bokszutcába megy/hajt/húzódik — motor racing: to return to the pits
• Czech: vypeckovat — remove the stone from
• Finnish: poistaa kivi — remove the stone from
• French: dénoyauter — remove the stone from
• French: épépiner — remove the stone from
• German: aussteinen — remove the stone from
• German: entsteinen — remove the stone from
• German: entkernen — remove the stone from
• Hungarian: kimagoz — remove the stone from
• Italian: denocciolare — remove the stone from
• Italian: snocciolare — remove the stone from
• Portuguese: descaroçar — remove the stone from
• Slovene: razkoščičiti — remove the stone from
• Spanish: deshuesar — remove the stone from
• Swedish: kärna ur — remove the stone from
• Swedish: urkärna — remove the stone from